K.L. White

K.L. White writes. If not paranormal stories, then computer code or technical documentation. She studied creative writing, journalism, and computer science at five different universities in Texas before taking a job in Information Technology.

When she’s not writing, she’s reading. Often that’s in the form of audiobooks playing in the cab of her big ol’ pickup truck. She lives on a small ranch in the Texas Hill Country and breeds and raises fine Norwegian Fjord horses, works to improve her riding through dressage, and is part of a local mounted archery group.

Author Updates

I was one of 32 authors photographed at RWA for this blog post about words we hate. I’m in good company with Sylvia Day, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Megan Erickson and more…I’ll also have to remind myself not to use some of these words ever again.
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When I went out to feed Thursday evening, I was one horse short. The other three horses in that pasture were up at the barn and ready for dinner, but Haplo, my Friesian/Percheron cross didn't come when I called. I walked as much of the property as I could as the sun was going down and realized I was going to have to go creekside and needed reinforcements.
My friend Cat, who has started working part time at the ranch came over and we drove down to the pasture beside the

Every day in Texas is a triumph over all the things trying to kill you – the weather, snakes, fire ants, spiders, politicians, passive-aggressive drivers. I could go on, but I’ll focus on snakes for the moment. There was a snake. In. My. House.
This morning I woke up to a snake in my house. As far as snakes IN MY HOUSE go, it was about three feet long, which is way too big for a housepet. No rattle and probably not venomous, but its mere presence in the house meant that

Reading is one of my absolute favorite pastimes. When I used to commute to work every day, I had two hours of time to either seethe about the traffic or listen to audiobooks. In that regard, Audible has been a life changer.
According to their stats, I've listened to 3 months 8 days 12 hours and 56 minutes of audiobooks. I have 406 titles in my library. (I also really like statistics and badges in apps.)
Now I work from home most of the time, so I don't get to listen as

Kelpie art by Jana Heidersdorf
Who better to explain these mysterious water horse shape-shifters than Rez, the kelpie stallion in "Dark Water"?
“The tales of kelpies were told to keep children away from the water, morality tales about trespass and trusting strangers.
A horse of incredible beauty would emerge from the water, or from an area near the water. Remember in those days, horses weren’t just pets or companions. They were status, trans

I’ve spent a lot of time judging or coordinating writing contests, and one entertaining part of that is reading all of the comments the judges put on the score sheets. Sometimes the preliminary or professional judge just doesn’t “get” the entry. Sometimes the writing really is hard to understand. Well, it sounds like that story had plenty of conflict.
For your reading pleasure, I compiled some of my favorite comments (one or two might be mine, but most aren’t) from actual score s